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Black Panther and Oscar – The Movie in the Middle of a War Between the Past and the Future
The people who rose up to fight against the popular film Oscar used Black Panther as a leveraging tool. Accusations...
Roma wins Golden Lion in Venice, The Favourite Wins Jury Prize
Alfonso Cuaron's astonishing and personal film Roma takes the Golden Lion at Venice, while Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite wins the...
A Star is Born Wows Crowd at Toronto
What we have here is an Oscar frontrunner, at least where the hive mind is concerned. The reactions out of...
A Star is Born Clips on Instagram
The Instagram for A Star is Born (probably the Twitter and Facebook too) have some clips from the film. Check...
The Gurus of Gold Launches for 2019
I was not initially going to participate in the Gurus of Gold but my pal Gregory Ellwood kind of nudged...
Academy Bluffs on Popular Film Category, as Predicted
Indiewire’s Critics Poll Chooses Roma as the Best Film of Telluride 2018
Indiewire gathered a few critics to ask them what their favorites were and almost all, by an overwhelming margin, chose...
There is No First Man “Controversy” or “Backlash” – Just a Lot of Hot Air and Phony Clickbait
Senator and bona fide snowflake Marco Rubio is really good at shooting off his mouth without understanding the target. He's...
Best Actress 2018 — Right Role, Right Time, Right Actress [POLL!]
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The Best Actress race is, as a rule, not just about the work. If you approach it that way, not...
First Man – “Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb it”
“I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer — born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped...
First Man, Roma, The Favourite Soar Out of Venice, Will Touch Down in Telluride
I've always thought the best movies inspire the best writing. The thing I most love about covering the Oscars is...
Venice Dispatch – Roma / The Favourite
The State of the Race – Don’t Get Any Premature Speculation on You
So, the lions are hungry. We just got our first cut of fresh meat, thrown down with pomp and circumstance...
Damien Chazelle’s First Man Lands In Venice
Damien Chazelle's First Man has landed at Venice to rave reviews. It's hard to believe that there's not been a...
Venice Dispatch – First Man
"FIRST MAN chronicles nearly a decade of work that went into accomplishing something that, even when you think about it...
Predictions Friday – The Oscars on the Eve of Telluride
The Oscar race has not yet begun to take shape. The new category has upended everything, or at least thrown...
Captivating New Trailer for Suspiria
Suspiria marks the third collaboration with Luca Guadagnino and Tilda Swinton. This creepy new trailer looks to be a major...
Oscar Primer: The Coming Film Festivals that Decide the Best Picture Race
If the last ten years is any indication, we will find (or will have already seen) our Best Picture winner...
Crazy Rich Asians Tops Box Office, Becomes Major Contender for Oscar’s New Category
Crazy Rich Asians is a film that, if I put on the contender tracker in previous years, most would never...
How Chi-Raq Got Spike Lee’s Groove Back
While Chi-Raq received only a limited release before moving over to Amazon, it laid down a marker. Spike Lee was...
Academy Reverses Its Decision and Will Air All 24 Categories on Air
The Academy has capitulated on all of their own proposals to shorten the Oscar broadcast and boost ratings: the host,...
Predictions Friday — Last Looks Before Tuesday’s Ballot Deadline
This grim and fretful Oscar season, which should be much more of a celebration than the fear and panic in...
Berlin Dispatch – Will Win / Should Win
So here we are, all 16 films in competition at the 69th Berlinale have screened. By all accounts it’s...
Pen15’s Dallas Liu on the Novelty of AOL Instant Messenger, Working Opposite 30-Year-Old Teenagers
Megan McLachlan chats IRL with Pen15 actor Dallas Liu about technology in 2000 versus 2019, auditioning for the Hulu series,...
Mike Carlsen On Saying Goodbye to Mikey Politano
With the end of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Mike Carlsen looks back fondly on playing the lovable Mikey Politano. I...
Interview: How Sekinah Brown Created The Look Of What Men Want
It's a man's world when it comes to sports and sports agencies and costume designer Sekinah Brown was tasked with...
‘Killing Eve’ Knows You’re Obsessed, So Here’s a Trailer!
The second season debuts on April 7. Not. Soon. Enough. What a great Valentine! The first look at the second...
Writers Guild Preview + Contest — Why the WGA Might Decide the Best Picture Race … Or Not
In the era of the expanded ballot, screenplay honors have been tied more closely to Best Picture than even a...
A Last Bid for A Star Is Born
At last week’s Santa Barbara Film Festival Paul Schrader praised Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born calling her “a...
Berlin Dispatch – So Long, My Son / Vanishing Days
The final competition film at the 69th Berlinale, Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai’s sprawling family drama SO LONG, MY SON, screened...